Email to a friend | Print Friendly *Chamillionaire wants listeners of his upcoming sophomore album "Ultimate Victory" to sit back, grab some popcorn and enjoy the ride. "I was trying to make the whole album be like a motion picture from beginning to end," the Houston rapper tells Billboard.com of the oft-delayed set, which is due for release on Sept.
"I'm just tired of the norm. It's easy for me to just do what everybody else is doing and make a song about dancing and girls and stuff like that, but I was like, 'Lemme just try to think of some concepts, make it like a movie,'" he says. "So every song, even if it's a club song, it's got a concept to it.
That kept me interested, y'know?" His recently-released first single, “Hip Hop Police,” was produced by JR Rotem and features Slick Rick. *It’s the end of the road for Beyonce’s longtime security guard, “Shortie.
” According to the newsletter Atlanta Gossip, the 400-pound protector was reportedly fired by her father Mathew Knowles because he wants a younger and more muscled guard to stand between his daughter and unruly fans. Shortie was reportedly paid the rest of his $500,000-plus contract and a $100,000 bonus. *Cedric Muhammad, former GM of Wu-Tang Management, has started CM Cap (www.
cmcap.com), the first firm dedicated to helping rappers start non-music industry-related businesses. David Banner is among clients who are being assisted in establishing brick-and-mortar businesses in local communities.
Muhammad explains: "Having been in the music business and understanding what artists go through and the power they have, I felt it was time to formulate my insight, experience, political and business network into a service that would serve the needs of today's Hip-Hoppreneur. They are ready to become leaders outside of the music industry, and our goal is to support and guide them into new forms of power, service, and wealth." Currently, 0 comments have been made on this story.
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